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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers encounter Denton in Chapter 5?
(a) A train station cafeteria.
(b) At Scotland Yard.
(c) At a London pub.
(d) At St. Catherine's Church.

2. During his train ride in the opening scene, what is Father Hart holding in his lap?
(a) A battered attache case.
(b) A wounded kitten.
(c) A crying baby.
(d) A laptop computer.

3. What is the relationship between Simon Allcourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley?
(a) They're best friends.
(b) They're cousins.
(c) They're stepbrothers.
(d) They're enemies.

4. How old is Sergeant Barbara Havers?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. Why are Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers surprised to find a well-stocked library at the Teys farm?
(a) Father Hart and William Teys burn non-bibical books.
(b) The Teys family is illiterate.
(c) William Teys allows no books but the Bible for his family.
(d) Stepha Odell says Roberta had no books to read at home.

6. What has the London press dubbed the person responsible for the murders in the train stations?
(a) The Train Station Strangler.
(b) The Railway Plague.
(c) The Railway Ripper.
(d) The Caboose Killer.

7. What is the relationship between Lady Helen Clyde and Simon Allcourt-St. James?
(a) Lady Helen is Simon's lab assistant.
(b) They are neighbors.
(c) Simon is Lady Helen's chauffeur.
(d) They are siblings.

8. What does Deborah Allcourt-St. James do for a living?
(a) She's a photographer.
(b) She's an accountant.
(c) She's a pianist.
(d) She's a teacher.

9. With whom does Nigel Parrish see William Teys arguing shortly before Teys' murder?
(a) Roberta Teys.
(b) Richard Gibson.
(c) Ezra Farmington.
(d) Russel Mowery.

10. What relative of William Teys thought by Lynley and Havers to be dead is still alive according to Olivia Odell?
(a) His son Anton.
(b) His wife Tessa.
(c) His father Gregory.
(d) His sister Sheila.

11. Who discovers William Teys' body?
(a) Gillian Teys.
(b) Olivia Odell.
(c) Father Hart.
(d) Stepha Odell.

12. How is William Teys murdered?
(a) He is strangled with a belt.
(b) He's decapitated with an ax.
(c) He's shot with a rifle.
(d) He is beaten with a golf club.

13. On what day of the week is William Teys murdered?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

14. Why is evidence of Gillian's existence destroyed by her father?
(a) Gillian was wild and has run away, infuriating her father.
(b) Gillian is illegitimate.
(c) Gillian is in hiding from the police.
(d) Gillian is not William Teys' child.

15. Who is Danny?
(a) Inspector Lynley's adopted son.
(b) The Teys family dog.
(c) The maid at Keldale Hall.
(d) Sergeant Barbara Havers' brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Inspector Lynley chosen to work at Scotland Yard rather than on his wealthy family's estate?

2. To what city is Father Hart traveling by train in the novel's opening scene?

3. In what part of England has William Teys been murdered?

4. Who is Caroline?

5. Who is Dougal?

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